I'm newbie in Linux community and i would like to switch from MSVC to Ubuntu and create my projects on Linux.

Could you please help me to install Allegro 5 on my laptop with 64-bit OS?

I am not experienced with terminal and all its commands such as make/cmake /build, etc. This is why I can't figure out how to do installation from this URL "http://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Ubuntu_and_Allegro_5" and this URL "http://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Install_Allegro5_From_SVN/Linux/Debian".

Help me please, I'm tired of developing in Windows.

Since nobody else has answered...

I only have Ubuntu in a virtual machine, so this might not work, but should give you an idea anyway.

First I downloaded allegro-5.1.0.tar.gz from the "Allegro 5.1.0 released!" thread at http://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/608861 and saved it.

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I made a directory called "progdir" to hold allegro and any other programming junk (not likely in a virtual machine), then copied allegro tarfile to it, and extracted it, then followed the directions in the wiki entry.

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It turned out I didn't have cmake installed, so I followed those directions and tried it again.

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The cmake command bombed out saying I needed X11 development libraries (forgot to save the screenshot saying so) so I went to System | Administration | Synaptic Package Manager

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and typed in "x11 development" and searched

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and ran cmake again. This time it said I lacked OpenGL libs, at which point I got frustrated and quit. (I already have a5 on my native Slackware)

This should get you pointed in the right direction anyway.

[EDIT]

To wrap up, I would have used the synaptic package manager for OpenGL and whatever else needed every time cmake complained, then (while still in the /home/pepsi/progdir/allegro-5.1.0/build directory) typed "make <enter>", then "sudo make install <enter>". Then you can "cd examples <enter>" and "ls <enter>" to see the executable names of example programs to enjoy. If some message comes up "can't find liballeg-umpty-ump.so" or similar, try the "sudo ldconfig <enter>" command to see if that'll fix it.

[EDIT2]

64 bit OS shouldn't affect anything, it should Just Work

Thanks, Arthur Kalliokoski, for very constructive and detailed answer. It was just what I was searching for couple of days in the web! Finally!

If it is not so difficult and you know how to make Code::Blocks work with Allegro (I mean where and what I should add into Code::Blocks' linker, and how to include Allegro libraries into the code) this would be perfect for me.

I don't use any IDE's, although I like a windowed debugger such as ddd so I can watch variables without them scrolling off the screen, and they update automatically too.

I think more people should know about this little page I put together a while back. It should work for Ubuntu (for the most part) as well as Debian. Lists all the packages you need to build allegro.

For those using the tarball, the SVN bits of the page can be ignored.

Menu->Project->Build Options :

Search Directories tab -> Compiler -> Add /usr/local/include here, or wherever you installed allegro's headers

Search Directories tab -> Linker -> Add /usr/local/lib here, or wherever you installed the *.a files for allegro.

Linker Settings tab -> [Link Libraries | Other linker options] -> Add the path to the libraries to link to, or add the linker flags to link to them.

Link to a library named lib*.a by using -l*, where you replace * with whatever is there in the library name.

The necessary allegro libraries to link to are named the same as the header you include to use them - for example, #include <allegro5/allegro_font.h> corresponds to -lallegro_font.

Oh my God! It works!

Thanks to everybody involved!

And on my native language: Щирo вдячний!